2. Pure
Have the building up of Zion as our greatest objective
3. As important as it is
to have a vision of
Zion in our minds,
defining and
describing Zion will
not bring it about.
That can only be done
through consistent and
concerted effort by
every member of the
Church
Scripture Dig - 3 parts -
As they finish each sheet - each person can claim that number of legos as questions on the sheet
& we are gonna see WHO can build the highest & strongest Tower of Zion
(clue- they can work together - BUT don’t tell them - unless they ask)
pass out first sheet -
& let them work toward building their Zion….
After their Zion towers are built - discuss what they learned about Zion….(if they never got around to working together ask them - WHY they chose to work alone - encourage them to go ahead and combine their towers into 1 class zion)
Afterwards Discuss their worksheets - and Zion
Worksheet #1 - Zion is…
D&C 57: 2
D&C 58: 7
D&C 97: 19
Moses 7: 18
Moses 7: 19
Moses 7: 20
Worksheet #2 - Reasons to gather to Zion…
D&C 6: 6
D&C 45: 68
D&C 58:6
D&C 58:7
D&C 58:8-11
D&C 58:13
Worksheet #3 - Finding your place in Zion
Identify who the following individuals are by the instructions they were given by the Lord in D&C 57:6-13.
Get established as a printer for the Church. It your writings bring you success end riches. low can benefit the Saints.
Receive In, money and buy lands for the Church. Set up a side. and sell goods to buy more lands for the good of the Saints. Receive their money, and be the agent to buy land, for them.
Help the printer for the Church by copying, correcting, end selecting what should be printed. Do all this by the Spirit.
Divide the Inheritance among the Saints
The Lord has a place in his kingdom for you and for your talents just as he had for these men and their talents.
“We ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object” Prophet Joseph Smith (History of the Church, 3:390)
What keeps us from doing these things?
“For many years we have been taught that one important end result of our labors, hopes, and aspirations in this work is the building of a Latter-day Zion, a Zion characterized by love, harmony, and peace—a Zion in which the Lord’s children are as one.
“The vision of what we are about and what should come of our labors must be kept uppermost in our minds. . . . As important as it is to have this vision in mind, defining and describing Zion will not bring it about. That can only be done through consistent and concerted daily effort by every single member of the Church. No matter what the cost in toil or sacrifice, we must ‘do it.’” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1978, 121–22; or Ensign, May 1978, 80–81)
What weakens or destroys Zion? -
I - me - mine -
Eyes on the world
Why doesn’t the Lord command us and tell us exactly HOW to do it and exactly WHAT will accomplish it?
READ verses 31-33. How do these verses relate to becoming a Zion people?
“The Saints sometimes fail to do their duty and to keep the commandments of God. But they expect Him to make good to them the promises He has given to the faithful. If He does not, they complain. They neglect their prayers; they absent themselves from their meetings; they break the Word of Wisdom; they withhold their tithing; but when sickness comes and falls like a dark, terrifying shadow across their path, they expect immediate Divine interference in their behalf, through the administration of the Elders. If their expectations are not realized, they say, in a rebellious spirit, ‘His promises are not fulfilled.’ The reply of the Lord to this is, ‘There reward lurketh beneath.’ They must look ‘beneath’ for their reward; they have no claim on heaven.”
D&C 58:26-29
Ezra Taft Benson said: “Usually the Lord gives us the overall objectives to be accomplished and some guidelines to follow, but he expects us to work out most of the details and methods. The methods and procedures are usually developed through study and prayer and by living so that we can obtain and follow the promptings of the Spirit. Less spiritually advanced people, such as those in the days of Moses, had to be commanded in many things. Today those spiritually alert look at the objectives, check the guidelines laid down by the Lord and his prophets, and the prayerfully act—without having to be commanded in all things. This attitude prepares men for godhood. Sometimes the Lord hopefully waits on his children to act on their own, and when they do not, they lose the greater prize, and the Lord will either drop the entire matter and let them suffer the consequences or else he will have to spell it out in greater detail. Usually, I fear, the more he has to spell it out, the smaller is our reward.”
Video Dayton’s legs 3:02 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwxBjpvDVQ&index=53&list=PL6C2E726B40648A1B
D&C 58:44
What words or phrases show that Zion would not be fully established at that time?
• What role would tribulation play in the establishment of Zion?
Video : Seeking the Good 3:01 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hm-IN2v5PA
